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Mark Stephen visits Inverallochy where, on 25 December each year, the villagers join together not to celebrate Christmas but to mark a long-standing community tradition.
On the 25th of December each year, the villagers of Inverallochy join together not to celebrate Christmas but to mark a long standing community tradition, The Cotton Walk. With musical accompaniment, the villagers known as Cottoners march along their village streets in a custom that has taken place for almost 175 years.
In Our Story, Mark Stephen visits Inverallochy to discover the origins of the annual walk and how it continues to survive today.
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